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Sep 15 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
A tale of two presidents: when confronted with a potentially crippling strike by air traffic controllers, Reagan fired the controllers & broke the union.

Confronted with a looming strike by railroad workers & owner lockdown, Biden negotiated & workers are better off
Reagan used the strike to set path on union busting. Unions were already in decline, & Reagan gave them a shove over the cliff

npr.org/2021/08/05/102…
The GOP and their industrial patrons knew then and know now that unions help protect the middle class, democracy, wages, healthcare.

Biden understands that too and is working to bring union jobs back to the US through new manufacturing initiatives for a green future.
And by negotiating so the workers & businesses don't get screwed. Workers had wages frozen for two years. Two years of negotiation led to an impasse. Biden got Labor Secretary Walsh on it June & with the shutdown looking intensified negotiations adding Secs Buttigieg & Vilsack
"Biden personally called [Labor Sec] Walsh and negotiators on Wednesday evening to prod them toward a deal, telling them "once again to recognize the harm" that a shutdown would have on families, farmers and businesses,"

#BidenDeliversAGAIN
The unions still have to vote, and a strike several weeks down the line is possible, but a certain lockdown & strike on Friday are averted.

With a GOP POTUS like Reagan, the outcome would have been bad. d
Biden's remarkable Ieadership instincts & experience have paid off again.
Source

reuters.com/world/us/us-re…
By the way, I think what Reagan did was horrible. Lives were messed up because of that union busting. For example -

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Sep 15
This is huge - the essence is this: insurers are driving police reform. The small MO town features in the article has eliminated high speed chases over minor traffic infractions & petty crime because insurance rates were going through the roof. It is happening all over.
The police in the MO town substituted GPS tracking darts for high speed chases, and then they just find the car and issue a citation or make an arrest later. Technology can eliminate the need for police action in most minor traffic cases.
In the story, a high speed chase of an African American man over an expired tag led to a crash where he was rendered paraplegic. I understand the reasons he fled. Police have complained that arrests are down, but how many arrests are generated by the chase itself?
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Sep 15
This article is stunning: rapid rises in insurance premiums forces police reform.

“One of the things I’ve had to come to terms with is, since we changed our pursuits, our accidents are way down. We are doing a better job of keeping the public and our officers safe.”
Article: no paywall

wapo.st/3Lehu8b
In this MO town, high speed chases with potentially deadly outcomes are replaced with GPS tracker darts.

"Sticky darts containing GPS trackers are shot ... so officers can fall back and catch up with them later."
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Sep 12
Eric Trump, yes. Nunes (in red) maybe. If people are thinking the guy near Trump in light blue is Hannity, nope. Hannity is the same height as Trump (6'). I also don't see McCarthy. I don't doubt the purpose of this meeting. I do doubt most of the identifications.
Actually, the only identification I accept is Eric Trump. The redshirt guy (left) is not Nunes (right top) who is also about the same height as Trump. No McCarthy, Newt, M. Lee, Trusty (right both.). I don't doubt that they are up to something. Let's not get carried away yet ImageImageImage
Why it matters? Going along with a wrong identification allows us to be characterized as nutty conspiracy theorists.
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Jun 30
Good news/bad news about the SCOTUS EPA decision today.

Good news: market forces are killing coal.

"In reality, utilities have been closing coal plants over the past decade in the face of competition from cheaper forms of energy such as gas-fired generators, solar ...& wind"
Bad news 1: since there are no regulations in place (stopped by courts before), this is extreme judicial activism.

"“Twenty years ago, there’s no way that court would ever have taken this case,” said Sambhav Sankar, a senior VP at the environmental law group Earthjustice"
Bad News 2: this SCOTUS is signalling they will use the "major questions" doctrine to overturn lots of executive level regulations. They claim the Clean Air Act, written before climate change was recognized as a grave threat, did not clearly intend viewing CO2 as a pollutant
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Jun 30
Just a reminder for those who want to blame the Dems for not pushing back on the outrageous court decision made by GOP appointed justices:

The GOP is 100% responsible for their bad faith actions.
Also: the west coast governors have made it clear we are a welcoming spot for women in need.

AG Garland has made it clear that reproductive health drugs approved by the FDA cannot be made illegal in states.

The White House is working to make medical abortions more accessible
rollcall.com/2022/06/28/28a…
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Apr 3
"Last year, 30 percent of home sales in majority Black neighborhoods across the nation were to investors, compared with 12 percent in other Zip codes, The Post’s analysis shows."

washingtonpost.com/business/2022/…
Context of above tweet: corporate investors are buying up huge amounts of homes & turning them into rentals. Fewer sale homes available-> tougher for 1st time buyers to break in, & home ownership is the gateway to generational wealth. The problem is worse in black communities.
The corporate ownership leads to distant off-site landlords who care less about the community and to higher rents. All not good.
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